Do you make New Year’s resolutions? If you do, do you keep them?
The typical resolutions are things like eat healthy, lose weight, exercise more, and spend less money. They’re easy to make and hard to keep!
What about picking a...
As the holidays come to a close and we look ahead to the new year, I am taking advantage of my indoor time to make my house more livable. Are you also using the colder winter months to prep...
My very first planner was a spiral bound 1986 Garfield desk calendar, a Christmas gift from my brother because I was obsessed with the lasagne-loving feline. This was way before teachers began showing students how to use planners or...
I find it near impossible to declutter and maintain my kids’ things.
But like any mom knows, my best resource to solve this dilemma is another mother. So, for some tips to organizing my children’s countless belongings, I turned to...
There is something about autumn that brings out the melancholy in me.
Perhaps it's my Irish blood, but a little wistfulness is a welcome thing sometimes. As the leaves grow crisp (yes, even in Texas) and the air feels cooler...
My husband and I have been together fourteen years and married for twelve; within the last few years, I've watched his interest in the outdoors grow significantly. Our definitions of outdoor adventures flow in different directions, though. He's into...
I didn't intend to create a capsule wardrobe. It just happened.
The first month back at work after having my youngest child, I was helping a patient who had been newly diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. We were were discussing energy...
Warm, familiar, comforting, cozy, sharing, snuggly...
These are just a few of the words I think of whenever I think of Hygge. Hygge is the Danish art of contentment through acts that make one feel comfortable and peaceful.
Here at The...
Autumn is my favorite season and with sudden cooler mornings here in Texas, I'm getting the itch to decorate.
Sometimes, you need a little help getting into the spirit of the holidays or season changes. Here’s a list of ideas...
Years ago, when I was an elementary school teacher, my kids favorite subject (and mine, too) was Show and Tell.
Do you remember Show and Tell? To be given an opportunity to take center stage and share a story...
I bought my first indoor plant from the commissary shortly after we returned to the desert just this last spring.
The commissary, much to my husband's dismay, does a fantastic job displaying its house plants for purchase. They must know...
No matter how far you are into this military journey, I bet most of us have or will at some point have to rent. And we all dread those white walls that feel so impersonal.
We do own our current...
Military Lifestyle
Boots In The House
We know firsthand how beneficial community can be. We want to show our Moms of Service Members that they have a safe place to...
